Sabres end Pens' streak

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Pittsburgh • The Pittsburgh Penguins' run at a record-breaking streak is over. Playing without injured star Sidney Crosby, the Penguins fell to the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 to end their 15-game winning streak Tuesday night.

Pittsburgh was attempting to draw within one of the NHL record of 17 consecutive wins set by the 1992-93 Penguins, but looked out of sync and lost for the first time since falling to Carolina 4-1 on Feb. 28.

Kevin Porter scored his first two goals of the season for the Sabres, who won for the first time in five games. Steve Ott and Cody Hodgson also scored as Buffalo sent Pittsburgh to its first loss in more than a month. Ryan Miller made 19 saves on the night he surpassed Dominik Hasek for the most games played by a Sabres goaltender.

Jarome Iginla scored his first goal with the Penguins after coming over in a trade with Calgary last week but it wasn't nearly enough. Buffalo took a three-goal lead less than 25 minutes into the game to chase Tomas Vokoun.

The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 37 28 9 0 56 124 88

New Jersey 36 15 12 9 39 89 100

N.Y. Islanders 37 18 16 3 39 108 115

N.Y. Rangers 35 17 15 3 37 82 86

Philadelphia 35 15 17 3 33 95 108

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Montreal 35 23 7 5 51 111 84

Boston 35 23 8 4 50 100 77

Toronto 36 20 12 4 44 112 100

Ottawa 36 19 11 6 44 91 79

Buffalo 37 14 17 6 34 98 114

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Winnipeg 38 18 18 2 38 93 115

Washington 36 17 17 2 36 107 104

Carolina 35 16 17 2 34 96 106

Tampa Bay 35 15 18 2 32 112 106

Florida 37 12 19 6 30 91 127

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 35 27 5 3 57 119 76

Detroit 36 18 13 5 41 94 94

St. Louis 34 18 14 2 38 98 94

Nashville 37 15 14 8 38 92 100

Columbus 36 15 14 7 37 87 97

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Minnesota 35 21 12 2 44 98 90

Vancouver 36 19 11 6 44 94 93

Edmonton 35 15 13 7 37 91 96

Calgary 34 13 17 4 30 94 118

Colorado 36 12 20 4 28 87 114

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 36 24 7 5 53 111 90

Los Angeles 36 20 13 3 43 104 91

San Jose 35 18 11 6 42 88 86

Phoenix 36 15 15 6 36 97 102

Dallas 35 16 16 3 35 94 107

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday's Games

Florida 3, Tampa Bay 2, SO

Boston 3, Ottawa 2

N.Y. Islanders 5, Winnipeg 2

Washington 5, Carolina 3

Buffalo 4, Pittsburgh 1

Nashville 3, Colorado 1

Phoenix 3, Los Angeles 1

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